2022 Central Pulse season

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Gains and losses

Gains	Losses
Courtney Elliott[14][15] (Northern Mendi Rays) Temalisi Fakahokotau(Note 1) (Mainland Tactix) Binnian Hunt[16] (Sunshine Coast Lightning) Kristiana Manu'a[16][17] (Giants Netball) Renee Matoe (Central Manawa) Tiana Metuarau[18] (Southern Steel) Erikana Pedersen[5][19] (Mainland Tactix) Amelia Walmsley[20] (Northern Comets/Mainland Tactix)	Ameliaranne Ekenasio[21][22] (Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic) Temalisi Fakahokotau(Note 1) (Saracens Mavericks) Claire Kersten[23][24] (Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic) Parris Mason (Central Manawa) Kelera Nawai-Caucau[25] (Mainland Tactix) Ivana Rowland (Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble

Notes

• ^1 Temalisi Fakahokotau initially signed for Central Pulse but in January 2022 announced she would be taking a break from netball. However she subsequently joined Saracens Mavericks as a replacement player for the 2022 Netball Superleague season.^[20][26][27]

Sources:^{[1][2][3][28]}

2022 Central Pulse roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Aliyah Dunn GS (1999-10-19)19 October 1999 (aged 22) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Courtney Elliott GK, GD, WD (1998-09-25)25 September 1998 (aged 23) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Maddy Gordon C, WA, WD (2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 22) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Binnian Hunt GA, WA (1998-04-11)11 April 1998 (aged 23) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Kelly Jury (cc) GK, GD (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 25) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Paris Lokotui WD, C (2001-10-17)17 October 2001 (aged 20) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Kristiana Manu'a GK, GD, WD (1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (aged 26) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Renee Matoe GS, GA – Tiana Metuarau (cc) GA, WA, GS (2001-01-15)15 January 2001 (aged 21) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Erikana Pedersen (TRP) C, WA, WD (1994-07-28)28 July 1994 (aged 27) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Whitney Souness C, WA (1995-11-12)12 November 1995 (aged 26) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Amelia Walmsley GS, GA (2004-01-31)31 January 2004 (aged 18) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie Assistant coach Anna Andrews-Tasola Manager: Jill Clapcott Physiotherapist: Ari Carroll Specialist Coach: Waimarama Taumaunu Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^{[1][2][3][28]}

Just like the 2020 season, the 2022 season was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Central Pulse were due to host the sixth edition of the official ANZ Premiership tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 24 and 27 February. However, the tournament was cancelled after a change in COVID-19 alert levels.^[29] Pulse's Round 1 match against Northern Stars was cancelled following a COVID-19 outbreak in their squad.^[30][31] Their head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie also tested positive for COVID-19.^[32][33][34]

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Round 1

Mon 14 Mar	Northern Stars	(Note 2)	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
7.15pm		Report

Round 2

Sat 19 Mar	Central Pulse	60–66	Northern Mystics	Te Rauparaha Arena
4.10pm	Aliyah Dunn  45/49 (92%) Tiana Metuarau  15/19 (79%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  49/51 (96%) Monica Falkner  11/16 (69%) Filda Vui  6/7 (86%)

Sun 20 Mar	Central Pulse	57–41	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Te Rauparaha Arena
4.10pm	Aliyah Dunn  41/45 (91%) Tiana Metuarau  14/16 (88%) Renee Matoe  2/2 (100%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  19/23 (83%) Ivana Rowland  15/18 (83%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  5/6 (83%) Martina Reekers  2/2 (100%)

Round 3

Sun 27 Mar	Northern Mystics	62–61	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
2.10pm	Grace Nweke  55/60 (92%) Filda Vui  4/6 (67%) Monica Falkner  3/8 (38%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  38/41 (93%) Tiana Metuarau  23/30 (77%)

Round 4

Sun 3 Apr	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	50–51	Central Pulse	Globox Arena
4.10pm	Bailey Mes  24/28 (86%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  18/21 (86%) Ivana Rowland  8/10 (80%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  37/40 (93%) Tiana Metuarau  14/17 (82%)

Round 5

Mon 11 Apr	Central Pulse	63–66	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena
7.15pm	Aliyah Dunn  52/53 (98%) Tiana Metuarau  11/12 (92%)	Report Stats	George Fisher  48/50 (96%) Georgia Heffernan  15/16 (94%) Saviour Tui  3/7 (43%)

Round 6

Mon 18 Apr	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	39–52	Central Pulse	Energy Events Centre
7.15pm	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  21/27 (78%) Brooke Leaver  10/10 (100%) Ivana Rowland  8/10 (80%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  35/37 (95%) Tiana Metuarau  13/16 (81%) Amelia Walmsley  4/5 (80%)

Round 7

Sun 24 Apr	Central Pulse	58–41	Mainland Tactix	TSB Bank Arena
2.10pm	Aliyah Dunn  43/46 (93%) Tiana Metuarau  13/16 (81%) Amelia Walmsley  2/2 (100%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  25/29 (86%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  12/17 (71%) Vika Koloto  4/4 (100%)

Wed 27 Apr	Northern Stars	46–56	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
7.15pm	Maia Wilson  26/28 (93%) Jamie Hume  14/20 (70%) Amorangi Malesala  6/9 (67%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  37/39 (95%) Tiana Metuarau  19/25 (76%)

Round 8

Sun 1 May	Central Pulse	46–47	Northern Stars	Fly Palmy Arena
4.10pm	Aliyah Dunn  29/31 (94%) Tiana Metuarau  17/21 (81%)	Report Stats	Jamie Hume  24/32 (75%) Maia Wilson  23/29 (79%)

Round 9

Mon 9 May	Southern Steel	44–50	Central Pulse	Edgar Centre
7.15pm	George Fisher  29/34 (85%) Saviour Tui  14/16 (88%) Georgia Heffernan  1/4 (25%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  36/37 (97%) Tiana Metuarau  14/19 (74%)

Round 10

Sun 15 May	Central Pulse	44–49	Northern Stars	TSB Bank Arena
4.10pm	Aliyah Dunn  28/32 (88%) Tiana Metuarau  16/19 (84%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  36/42 (86%) Amorangi Malesala  8/10 (80%) Jamie Hume  5/9 (56%)

Round 11

Sat 21 May	Southern Steel	49–59	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland
4.10pm	George Fisher  39/41 (95%) Georgia Heffernan  10/20 (50%) Kiana Pelasio  0/1 (0%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  44/45 (98%) Tiana Metuarau  14/16 (88%) Amelia Walmsley  1/1 (100%)

Mon 23 May	Central Pulse	62–49	Mainland Tactix	TSB Bank Arena
7.15pm	Aliyah Dunn  43/48 (90%) Tiana Metuarau  17/20 (85%) Renee Matoe  1/1 (100%) Amelia Walmsley  1/1 (100%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  39/45 (87%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  10/12 (83%)

Round 12

Sat 28 May	Northern Mystics	(Note 2)	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
4.10pm		Report

Mon 30 May	Mainland Tactix	43–51	Central Pulse	Christchurch Arena
7.15pm	Hannah Glen  19/23 (83%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  18/22 (82%) Ellie Bird  6/6 (100%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  29/33 (88%) Tiana Metuarau  22/26 (85%)

Round 13

Fri 3 Jun	Northern Mystics	40–58	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
7.10pm	Grace Namana  32/37 (86%) Monica Falkner  5/6 (83%) Filda Vui  2/2 (100%) Phoenix Karaka  1/3 (33%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  37/41 (90%) Tiana Metuarau  17/21 (81%) Amelia Walmsley  3/4 (75%) Renee Matoe  1/2 (50%)

Notes

• ^2 Matches postponed under the ANZ Premiership's COVID-19 Match Postponement Policy.

2022 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Central Pulse	15	10	0	5	828	732	96	113.1%	4	34
2	Northern Stars	15	11	0	4	836	783	53	106.8%	1	34
3	Northern Mystics	15	9	0	6	858	807	51	106.3%	4	31
4	Southern Steel	15	6	0	9	853	898	-45	95%	2	20
5	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	4	0	11	733	803	-70	91.3%	4	16
6	Mainland Tactix	15	5	0	10	788	873	-85	90.3%	1	16
Last updated: 12 August 2022

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for Elimination final

Source:^[10]

12 June 2022		Central Pulse	56–37	Northern Stars		TSB Bank Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 26–15, 42–26, 56–37
		Aliyah Dunn  44/47 (94%) Tiana Metuarau  11/13 (85%) Amelia Walmsley  1/2 (50%) Renee Matoe  0/2 (0%)		Maia Wilson  21/25 (84%) Amorangi Malesala  13/17 (76%) Jamie Hume  3/4 (75%)

Source:^[11][12][13]